[Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura., 1617?]
Variant Title
Vignola Architettura
Architettura
Imprint
[Rome:]: [1610-1630.]
Physical Description
Engr. t.pl., engr. t.pl., XXXVI, [2] pl. 384 mm. (Folio.)
Contents
[Engr. t.pl., 'Regola Delli Cinque Ordini D'Architettura Di M · Iacomo Barozzio Da Vignola · Libro Primo, Et Originale', incl. port.] - [Engr. t.pl., 'Alcune Opere D'Architettura Di Iacomo Barotio Da Vignola raccolte e poste in luce da Francesco Villamena LAnno · M·DC·XVII Co' l'Privilegio del Sommo Pontefice et l'autorita de Superiori In Roma'] - [Pl. I = 'Pius Papa IIII Motu Proprio'] - [Pl. II = Dedic.; 'A i lettori'] - [Unnumbered pl.] - [Plates III - XXXVI] - [Unnumbered pl.].
Responsibility Note
No plate is signed.
The work is dedicated to 'Car[dina]le Farnese'.
References
Royal Institute of British Architects, British Architectural Library ... Early printed books, 4 (2001), no. 3447; National Gallery (Washington), Mark J. Millard Architectural, IV (2000), no. 145; Johns Hopkins University, The Fowler Architectural Collection (1961), nos. 355, 356, p.284-6; M.Walcher Casotti, 'Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola: Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura', in E. Bassi, ed., Pietro Cataneo, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola: trattati [1985], p. 499-577.
Summary Note
Almost all plates are captioned in Italian.
Provenance
Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1802.
Binding Note
19th-century half calf, maroon patterned cloth boards; rebacked in 1998, retaining spine-piece, stamped 'R.A.' and '1617', and red morocco spine-label, lettered 'Vignola Architettura'.
Subject
Architecture - Architectural orders - Theory - History
Architecture, Italian - Italy - History - 16th century - Renaissance
Manuals - Pattern books - Italy - 16th century - 17th century
Pictorial works - Italy - 17th century